StatsAge: 39, born 13 March 1974 Country of origin:  Ireland Currently Residing In:  United Kingdom Height: 5' 9" Relationship Status: Married Partner: Yvonne McGuinness
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Striking Irish actor Cillian Murphy is the oldest child of teacher parents. He has three younger siblings. Murphy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He went on to study law at University College Cork, but dropped out after about a year. During this time Murphy also pursued an interest in music, playing guitar in various bands. Upon leaving University, Murphy joined the Corcadorca Theater Company in Cork, and played the lead role in "Disco Pigs", amongst other plays.
Striking Irish actor Cillian Murphy is the oldest child of teacher parents. He has three younger siblings. Murphy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He went on to study law at University College Cork, but dropped out after about a year. During this time Murphy also pursued an interest in music, playing guitar in various bands. Upon leaving University, Murphy joined the Corcadorca Theater Company in Cork, and played the lead role in "Disco Pigs", amongst other plays.
Various film roles followed, including a film adaptation of Disco Pigs (2001). His big film break came, however, when he was cast in Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later... (2002), which became a surprise international hit. This performance earned him nominations for Best Newcomer at the Empire Awards and Breakthrough Male Performance at the MTV Movie Awards.
Murphy went on to supporting roles in high-profile film such as Cold Mountain (2003) and Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), and then was cast in two villain roles: Dr. Jonathan Crane aka The Scarecrow in Batman Begins (2005) and Jackson Rippner in Red Eye (2005). Although slight in nature for a villain, Murphy's piercing blue eyes helped to create creepy performances and critics began to took notice. Manhola Dargis of the New York Times cited Murphy as a "picture-perfect villain", while David Denby of The New Yorker noted he was both "seductive" and "sinister".
Later that year, Murphy starred as Patrick "Kitten" Braden, an Irish transgender in search of her mother, Neil Jordan (I)'s Breakfast on Pluto (2005), a film adaptation of the Pat McCabe novel. Although the film was not a box office success, Murphy's was nominated for a Golden Globes for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical and he won Best Actor for the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards.
The following year, Murphy starred in Ken Loach's The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006). The film was the most successful independent Irish film and won the Palm D'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Murphy continued to take roles in a number of independent films, and also reprised his role as the Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (2008). Nolan is known for working with actors in multiple films, and cast Murphy in Inception (2010), as Robert Fischer the young heir of the multi-billion dollar empire, who was the target of DiCaprio's dream team.
Murphy continues to appear in high profile films In Time (2011), Red Lights (2012), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012), the final film in Nolan's Batman trilogy.
Murphy is married to Yvonne McGuinness, an artist. The couple has two sons, Malachy and Carrick.
Trade Mark:
Bright blue eyes
Strong defined jawline
Trivia:
His father is a school inspector and his mother is a French teacher.
He schooled at Presentation Brothers College Cork.
Has a younger brother, Páidi, a design engineer.
Lives in London, England.
He used to play in a Frank Zappa-influenced band called 'Sons of Mr. Greengenes' with his brother.
Has two sisters, Sile and Orla.
First name pronounced "Kill-ian". Not "Sil-ian".
He was planning a career in law until he discovered the world of acting.
Although he is a vegetarian, he learned to chop up meat in an abattoir for his role as butcher in Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003).
Auditioned for the role of Batman in Batman Begins (2005). The role was eventually given to Christian Bale. But director Christopher Nolan liked Cillian's audition so much that he gave him a role as Batman's enemy Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow, who is a developing character in this movie.
He was the oldest of four children.
Though he did not get the role of Batman in Batman Begins (2005), he did get to wear the batsuit during an audition with Christopher Nolan.
Proposed to wife while hill-walking in Ireland.
Son Malachy Murphy was born December 4th, 2005, weighing 7 pounds and 5 ounces.
Played two sociopaths in 2005: Dr. Jonathan Crane (Scarecrow) in Batman Begins (2005) and Jackson Rippner in Red Eye (2005).
As of 2006 he is the most nominated Irish Actor at the Irish Film and Television Awards with 6 nominations.
He greatly admires actor Liam Neeson. Looks at him as a surrogate movie dad.
He is fluent in French and Gaelic.
Had been pegged to play the lead in the independent movie, Once (2006). This did not materialize when he was hired for another project. Instead, the role went to Glen Hansard, the person who created the songs for the film.
Good friends with Colin Farrell.
He is the only actor playing a villain to appear in all three of Christopher Nolan's Batman films.
He is the first actor to play a DC Comics villain (The Scarecrow) in three consecutive films. Gene Hackman played Superman's nemesis Lex Luthor in three films but did not appear consecutively.
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